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6 ELKVIEW, W.Va. (AP) — While making biscuits and meatloaf at a fast-food restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic, 64-year-old Cynthia Nicholson often thinks back to her husband’s coal mining days in West Virginia. In that job and in his time as a pipefitter, she said, the work was grueling and sometimes dangerous — but there were standards for safety, working conditions and wages, and people felt they were treated fairly. She said that was because he belonged to unions. At Tudor’s Biscuit World in Elkview, a franchise of a regional chain that serves comfort food, Nicholson says workers have no such protection. With the coronavirus surging, she doesn't feel safe. So, a few months ago she did the only thing that makes sense to her: She reached out to her late husband's union friends and asked for help. On Tuesday, after months of organizing, National Labor Relations Board officials will count votes cast by some of the … [Read more...] about Biscuit World union effort rooted in West Virginia history

Today is Monday. Welcome to Equilibrium, a newsletter that tracks the growing global battle over the future of sustainability. Subscribe here: thehill.com/newsletter-signup . A Lima zoo is scrambling to save more than 40 seabirds , including protected Humboldt penguins, after waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific splashed 6,000 barrels of crude oil along Peru’s coastline, Agence France-Presse reported . A team of veterinarians is caring for the birds, who were brought to the Parque de Las Leyendas zoo after being rescued from the polluted beaches, according to the AFP story. The vets are bathing the animals in special detergent to remove the suffocating oil. ADVERTISEMENT "We have never seen anything like this in the history of Peru," biologist Liseth Bermudez told AFP. Today we’ll take a look at another fossil fuel crisis — a natural gas shortage in Europe that could escalate amid a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine — and what the U.S. is … [Read more...] about Equilibrium/Sustainability — Seabirds covered in oil after volcanic eruption

LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain suffered a major setback in a tumultuous election on Thursday, losing her overall majority in Parliament and throwing her government into uncertainty less than two weeks before it is scheduled to begin negotiations over withdrawing from the European Union. Mrs. May, the Conservative leader, called the snap election three years early, expecting to cruise to a smashing victory that would win her a mandate to see Britain through the long and difficult negotiations with European leaders over the terms of leaving the union. But according to results reported early Friday morning, the extraordinary gamble Mrs. May made in calling the election backfired. She could no longer command enough seats to avoid a hung Parliament , meaning that no party has enough lawmakers to establish outright control. With all but one of the 650 seats in the House of Commons accounted for, the BBC reported that Mrs. May’s Conservatives would remain the … [Read more...] about Theresa May Loses Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament